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Iseult Gonne
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Gonne c.1910
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Iseult Lucille Germaine Gonne
6 August 1894 France
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| Died | 22 March 1954 (aged 59) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Spouse(s) | Francis Stuart |
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| Relatives | Seán MacBride (half-brother) Imogen Stuart (daughter-in-law) |
Iseult Lucille Germaine Gonne (born August 6, 1894 – died March 22, 1954) was a talented Irish poet. She was the daughter of Maud Gonne, a famous Irish revolutionary, and Lucien Millevoye, a French politician and journalist. In 1920, Iseult married the writer Francis Stuart.
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Life of Iseult Gonne
Iseult Gonne was born in France on August 6, 1894. Her mother, Maud Gonne, was a well-known figure in Irish history. Iseult was educated at a special convent school in Laval, France. When she came back to Ireland, people often thought she was Maud's niece or cousin, not her daughter.
Family and Early Years
In 1903, Iseult's mother, Maud Gonne, married John MacBride. Iseult's half-brother, Seán MacBride, was born in 1904. Maud and John MacBride later separated. To keep her son safe, Maud and her family lived mostly in France. They stayed there until John MacBride passed away in 1916 during the Easter Rising.
Meeting Famous Writers
Iseult met the famous poet Rabindranath Tagore in 1913. She was very inspired by his poems. In 1914, she started learning Bengali, the language Tagore wrote in. She even helped translate some of Tagore's book The Gardener into French. However, these translations were never published.
Many people thought Iseult was very beautiful. She was also known for being smart and speaking her mind. Several famous writers admired her, including Ezra Pound, Lennox Robinson, and Liam O'Flaherty.
Marriage and Later Life
In 1916, the poet William Butler Yeats, who was a friend of her mother, asked Iseult to marry him. She was 22 years old at the time, and she said no. Yeats had known her since she was a little girl.
In 1920, Iseult married Francis Stuart, an Irish-Australian writer. They moved to London together. Their first child, Dolores, sadly passed away when she was only three months old. Iseult and Francis later had two more children, Ian and Catherine.
During the Second World War, Iseult was involved in a legal case. She was accused of helping a German parachutist named Hermann Görtz. She admitted to it, but she was found not guilty by the court.
Passing Away
Iseult's mother, Maud Gonne, passed away in 1953. Less than a year later, in 1954, Iseult herself died at the age of 59. She passed away due to heart disease.
